Apteribis glenos Olson & Wetmore, 1976:252
Moloka’i apteribis
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: complete right tarsometatarsus
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Olson, Storrs L. and Wetmore, Alexander. (1976). Preliminary diagnoses of two extraordinary new genera of birds from Pleistocene deposits in the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washignton 89(18): 247-258.
Other references:
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.
Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. (1991). Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs, No. 45: 1-88.
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